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HealthcareInfosecurity announces that participants in its second annual Healthcare Information Security Today Survey can enter to win a Microsoft Surface tablet computer. The deadline for completing the survey is Dec. 3.

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The survey gauges top trends, threats and priorities for hospitals, clinics, health plans and integrated delivery systems.

Preliminary results of the survey show that implementing encryption of all mobile devices and removable media is the No. 1 step healthcare organizations plan to take in the coming year to help prevent breaches.

What are the other planned steps? Take the survey and be among the first to find out when the final results are tallied.

Exploring Key Issues

The web-based research study, created with the counsel of top healthcare and security experts, explores how information security leaders are taking steps to respond to today's key challenges, including:

• Preventing and detecting breaches;
• Dealing with the risks posed by mobile devices;
• Complying with HIPAA and the HITECH Act;
• Conducting risk assessments;
• Setting information security priorities;
• Investing in emerging technologies;
• Developing security policies and procedures; and
• Assessing the security of cloud computing.

The sponsor of the survey is RSA, The Security Division of EMC.

The annual survey gives healthcare information security professionals and other senior executives insights that they can track and measure over time. The results of the 2011 survey are available online.

Results of the 2012 survey will be presented in a variety of ways across HealthcareInfoSecurity, including an in-depth report, expert interviews and a webinar featuring exclusive insights and analysis.

For more information on the survey, contact Howard Anderson, Information Security Media Group news editor, at handerson@ismgcorp.com.